Help:Growth/How to create help contents/Examples/Expand a page

Expand a page

Wikipedia pages can be expanded to add more information. This can be done by adding various types of contents.


How to edit

Expand a page requires to edit this page.

Expanding a page can be done by anyone. This doesn't requires any supervision

Add more information edit

Text is the key content of Wikipedia.

You can add information to Wikipedia as far as you:

  • say were this information comes from, using citations,
  • present this information in a neutral way (only facts, with no personal comments or appreciation given).

Add citations edit

Citations are needed to make Wikipedia reliable. With citations, readers can check where the information comes from.

You need a proper source to add a citation. Sources are needed to make Wikipedia reliable. With sources, readers can check where the information comes from.

Read more about sources.

Add images edit

Add images is a good way to illustrate articles.

Images on Wikipedia are here to explain an information given on the page. They are not there to make the article more pleasant to read.

Images are hosted on Wikimedia Commons, a Wikipedia sister project, and they are all available under a free licence.

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